Two months after rejecting a budget for Oakland-based Regional School Unit 18, voters in the district’s five towns will consider a smaller proposed budget on Tuesday.
August 2012
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TRUTH TEST: Courtney’s claim on Pingree spending, close but …
“Four years ago, Chellie Pingree ran and stated she was going to Washington to take the money out of politics. Just this year my opponent has already spent more than $400,000 with no primary opposition.”
– From a Jon Courtney For Congress ad
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Riverview patients slated for new locations as group homes scheduled to close
AUGUSTA — Enoch Petrucelly had nowhere to live except inside the locked doors of the state’s only forensic hospital.
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Head Start programs grapple with cuts
WATERVILLE — While Gov. Paul LePage made headlines last month blasting the state’s education system, a local Head Start program — and others statewide — continued to grapple with budget cuts made by the Legislature.
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TRAVIS LAZARCZYK: Making old school cool again
Officially, Vaughan Stevens started the Gasser Guys drag races six years ago, but really, it started back in 1964, when he was barely out of high school.
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MLB: Mauer’s 3-run HR lifts Twins past Red Sox 6-4
BOSTON (AP) — Joe Mauer hit a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth inning, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 6-4 comeback win over the struggling Boston Red Sox on Saturday night.
Ben Revere had three singles and extended his hitting streak to a career-best 18 games for Minnesota, which has won the first three games of a four-game series. The Twins have the AL’s second-worst record.
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Legion state tournament: Three-team final day as Post 51 triumphs
First Title, beaten 14-4, will be in an all-or-nothing game Sunday against the Post 51-Pastime winner.
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Voters get second say on RSU 18 budget
Two months after rejecting a budget for Oakland-based Regional School Unit 18, voters in the district’s five towns will consider a smaller proposed budget Tuesday.
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New general store the big attraction in small-town Starks
STARKS — There is no post office in Starks, population 640.
There is no school, no stop light and until last week, no store.
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BEACH TO BEACON 10K ROAD RACE: Falmouth’s Shaw beats ex- teammate
CAPE ELIZABETH — Ethan Shaw knew he’d probably trail Jonny Wilson soon after the start of the TD Beach to Beacon.